Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-03
MATCHING FINE DIAMONDS.
The Difficulty of Getting Together a Satisfae
tory Diamond Necklace.
New York San.


The Difficulty of Getting Together satisfac.
tory Diamond Necklace.
New York San.
A fashionable looking gentleman en-.
tered a we'll known jewelry store one day
last week in great hurry;
II WANT he said, with some hesitation,
"a diamond earring to match this one.
must have it by tomorrow without fail,
as the pair is intended for birthday
present. | brought this one and its mate
from Europe, last week, and one was eth,
err lost or stolen.n
| Tho proprietor looked at the earring
critically, and smiled.
''You ask what is impossible" he said
This is a very fine diamond, and cannot
/ be matched in weight and color without
great care, if at all. | might have to look
at thousand stones before ] could get
one like it, and l might not be able to get
one without having it cut to order. There
/ is not a jeweler in the world who can
match stone like that at a days notice,
unless he stumbled on it,"
The customer finally concluded to buy
another pair of earrings, and have the
diamond he had, put into strd
"That stone," said the jeweler, after
the customer had gone, holding up the
solitary earring so that 1t flashed dozen
brilliant colors, sis what is known to the
trade as fancy fine. 1t is pure blue
white stone and or great value. | should
say it was worth 500 carat. To match
stone of that quality is very difficult
Although in one hour | can examine a
million dollars worth of diamonds, ]
would not find one of the same weight
celor, and cut as this one is. formerly,
if Q ieweler had a customer who was de
sirous of matching q stone OF this quality
he would ransack the jewelry stores all
over the world in order to obtain what be
wanted. OF course that made the price
so much higher to the customer. Now
adays jewellers prefer to cut a stone to
order. 1t ia not always certain even then
that the Jewels will be exactly alike.
One cannot always judge to fraction OF
a carat what the rough stone will weigh
after it is cut.
with the less valuable diamonds this
difficulty is not so great. While the sup
ply of fancy fine diamonds in this coun'
try is limited, there are plenty of the
poorer quality of stones. In fact, the
| supply of fine diamonds all over the
world is limited.
"The most difficult thing for .ieweler
to obtain is necklace OF fine diamonds
To begin with, he takes one large
diamond. After that all the diamonds in
the necklace must be in pairs, one on
each side. The ieweler must be even
more careful about these than he would
have to be If they were intended for ear.
rings. In the latter case the Jewels are
! Na triA nj
undetected. But in necklace where the
! jewels are in one place the slightest diff
! ference in color would not pass unnoticed
even by an amateur. A stone of yellow
shade would look like topaz beside a
white diamond. Even the slightest diff
ference in shape would be plain, and put
the necklace around the throat of a wo'
man in full dress and every fault would
become doubly pronounced.
at sometimes takes jeweler years to
make perfect necklace of fine diamonds
After it is begun there are great many
changes before it is finished. Tse work
of gathering the diamonds for a first
class neck does not pay. The profit
on diamonds is only 10 per cent.-ai
least that is all any reputable dealer
charges.
"a customer once came to ms and ask
ed us to make him diamond necklace
not to exceed $4,000 in price. That Is
of course, a small price for necklace, IN
which there arc from twenty-five to NIL!
stones. 1t took US nearly year to get ~
satisfactory, and after counting the time
and worry lost in the work, we found
that our prefit was less than per cent
That sort of thing does not pay.
"We are now engaged in making
necklace that will cost $4,000. | have
standing orders with leading diamond
merchants for certain class of diamonds
for this necklace. 1t is intended for
prominent Chicago society lady. We
have about one half the diamonds neces,
sary. Before it is finished, however
think it probable that the many changes
necessary to get il satisfactory will com
pei us to lay aside half of the diamon0'
now selected.
II have made hundred changes IN az
ranging the diamonds for single neeA
lace. With any other jewels this extreW,
care would be unnecessary, as defects y.
differences are not noticed in them tina
would be glaringly apparent in diamonG'
zone difficulty, which is equal III tn'
amount of trouble it gives us all tns
others put together, is the eyesight O
our customers. Being in q critical. fraGs
of mind when they purchase diamonas
they see defects which do not exist, anu
it is hard to convince them that they si'
mistaken. The eyesight has to be educa.
ed in studying diamonds, and we Often
spend hours in explaining and shoWihs
the beauties Of diamonds to customer
Some will insist that two diamonds o.
mates when they are as unlike as a mni7'
to and white man in color.
Valuable Receipt.
Decorator and Furnisher
The true French polish is one pint y
spirits of wine added to a quarter OF o.